Background: The lands that today comprise Croatia were part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire until the close of World War I. In 1918, the Croats, Serbs, and Slovenes formed a kingdom known after 1929 as Yugoslavia. Following World War II, Yugoslavia became a federal independent Communist state under the strong hand of Marshal TITO. Although Croatia declared its independence from Yugoslavia in 1991, it took four years of sporadic, but often bitter, fighting before occupying Serb armies were mostly cleared from Croatian lands. Under UN supervision, the last Serb-held enclave in eastern Slavonia was returned to Croatia in 1998.
July 23rd 2008Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia » Dubrovnik Hi Everyone. I know I still owe you a proper entry about Italy, and intend to do so as soon as I have a few minutes. However, I feel much more of a need to tell you about our lovely little day of trav ... [full story]
May 5th 2008Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia » Dubrovnik This was one of the few days that we woke for breakfast, which may have been a mistake as shortly afterwards it was decided that we’d have a swimming stop. I disregarded the no swimming for 30 m ... 53 photos[full story]
July 19th 2008Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia » Dubrovnik Well, we took the bus to Budva, Montenegro the other day and it was a rough ride. We had to change in Montenegro after a long wait at the Croatia border. The bus had no AC and every seat was taken. ... [full story]
July 15th 2008Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia » Dubrovnik So we are in Dubrovnik now and it is gorgeous. Got in last night and staying at the same sobe stayed in last year. A bit of a walk downhill to the old city, but the people are great and they gave u ... [full story]
July 2nd 2008Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia » Dubrovnik Heyyyyy Everyone...
Welll atm I'm in Croatia - Dubrovnik... Only just arrived this afternoon so I haven't explored the town yet... Have been to Albania OMG an eye opener... Second poorest country i ... [full story]
June 25th 2008Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia » Dubrovnik Check these out, some of the ads Jen mentioned in her Euro 2008 blog...
England - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFJ0RMeQdRw
Song - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1x0k6K-BL1E
Ireland - http ... [full story]
June 18th 2008Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia » Dubrovnik Wednesday 18th June: Took a boat cruise to 2 islands off Dubrovnik and had lunch on the boat at the second island. Met up with 3 girls (Lu, Margo, and Jess) and had a great day swimming and sightseein ... 41 photos[full story]
June 11th 2008Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia » Dubrovnik Dubrovnik 3 days and a day in Mostar
Just sending photos as I found an internet cafe and had the photos with me on a memory stick. The Diary is still on the boat so I may be able to get it and g ... 45 photos[full story]
June 17th 2008Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia » Dubrovnik Tuesday 17th June: WIP - Heading for a tour of the great walls surrounding the Old City built in the 12th century. This place is living up to its reputation as the 'Jewel of the Adriatic'...... ... 8 photos[full story]
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